Las Vegas Sands Corp. lost a bid Monday to set aside a USD 58.6 million judgment that a Clark County jury awarded Hong Kong businessman Richard Suen following a six-week civil trial. Rusty Hardin, the Houston-based attorney for Las Vegas Sands, said after nearly four hours of arguments that the case would be appealed to the Nevada Supreme Court.

Shuffle Master appealed the District Court of Nevada’s last February 1, order granting summary judgment to VendingData Corporation, now known as Elixir Gaming Technologies, in regard to Shuffle Master’s claims of patent infringement against VendingData’s Poker-1 shuffler. The court has not yet ruled on Shuffle Master’s separate summary judgment motion requesting the return of a USD 3 million deposit the company was compelled to make with the court in November 2004...